Prayer is such a divine mystery that I dare not even attempt to try to explain it. It is a spiritual reality that defies explanation but it is a spiritual discipline that cannot be ignored. Prayer is the name given... Continue reading

Well we did it. Thanks to Josh Shepherd at Digital Elite we have a brand new website and blog. The blog is incorporated into the website and can be accessed from the home page at www.jeanstockdale.com. I hope you will... Continue reading

At the end of this month I will be closing down this account. Which is slightly sad since I have been blogging here since 2006 I think. But I have me a new fancy dancy website about to launch and... Continue reading

Recently someone asked me to expound on a reference that I make often about casting down vain imaginations. This truth is just too good not to share with all my internets. Paul wrote that we do not war according to... Continue reading

Pine Grove Farms Plant Sale We, at Pine Grove Farms, are hosting a PLANT SALE just in time for spring. Overstocked greenhouses must be thinned out so we are offering you some great nursery stock at grower prices. We are... Continue reading

If you are anywhere in the area of Ridgeland, Mississippi or Senatobia, Mississippi please make plans to join m on April 15th at 6:30 p.m. I will be speaking at a Ladies Night at Colonial Heights Baptist Church located at... Continue reading

It's that time again. It's time for Aloha Friday where I ask you a quick question and you leave a reply in the comment section. Here is my question. Do you like daylight savings time? I do not. I am... Continue reading

Teens tend to run in "herds." Trying to separate your teen from the pack is not easy. The teen years are laced with agony, peppered with exhileration, colored with hormones and heartache, tempered with joy and jubulation, and wrought with... Continue reading

Jesus Christ is the way, THE ONLY WAY, for a guilty sinner (that includes all of us) to be reconciled with a holy God. Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to... Continue reading

A brand new website is in the works for our ministry, Standing Near the Cross Inc. We are so excited we cannot wait to reveal it. It should go live in a few weeks. My new blog will be incorporated... Continue reading

This past weekend Bellevue Baptist Church hosted a Hope for Haiti 5k. Lots of moms and dads brought their little ones and took part in this worthwhile cause. I am currently teaching a Bible study at Bellevue Baptist. This semester... Continue reading

I too am blessed to know that we will spend eternity together where we will worship the Lamb of God-slain before the foundation of the world. Worthy. Worthy is the Lamb.
Blessings and thanks for stopping by.
Jean
1 Cor. 2:2

One of the great privileges of the Christian life is we are place, not only in the body of Christ, but we are also put into the family of God. This weekend I had the privilege of meeting some of the nicest people as I traveled to Grove Level Baptist Church (Dalton, Ga.) and to Burnt Hickory Bapt...

One of the great privileges of the Christian life is we are place, not only in the body of Christ, but we are also put into the family of God. This weekend I had the privilege of meeting some of... Continue reading

Last night our ministry, Standing Near the Cross Inc., had its first board meeting ever. How blessed we were to be in the company of those who share our passion for the Lord Jesus Christ. Our board of directors are... Continue reading

A Fly in the Ointment In Eccessiastes Solomon wrote, Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor (Ecc. 10:1). That is, when dead flies are discovered floating in a vat of... Continue reading

Despite the over abundance of words that I have and in spite of my natural dsire to share them all, I have reduced my life summary of this week to six short words. My head's spinning. Make it stop. Linked... Continue reading